pacote

Pacote is a Portuguese noun meaning a bundle, parcel, or set of items wrapped together. The term can also refer to a collection of services sold as a single unit, such as a travel package or a data plan. The word is used in Portugal and Brazil, and appears in both everyday and technical contexts.

Etymology: Pacote comes from Old French paquet, with Portuguese adoption. It is cognate with Spanish paquete and French paquet, sharing roots in the idea of a bundled item.

In logistics and postal contexts, a pacote refers to a wrapped or boxed object prepared for shipment, and can denote both the container and its contents.

In information technology, pacote is the translation of package: a software package is a bundle of files, metadata, and instructions that can be installed by a package manager. Common examples include operating-system packages and language-specific packages such as those managed by npm or pip.

In commerce and tourism, the term appears in phrases such as pacotes turísticos (travel packages) and pacotes de dados (data plans), referring to bundled offerings that combine multiple goods or services for a single price.

Other uses include packaging design, marketing bundles, and consumer terms to describe grouped goods.